House Speaker Mike Johnson said he is canceling the week's voting agenda after several Republicans joined Democrats in a vote to change the rules to allow new parents in Congress to vote by proxy.The announcement came after nine Republicans joined all Democrats in a 206-222 vote against Johnson's attempt to block plans that would allow lawmakers who become parents to vote remotely for up to three months.

Johnson and his leadership team have faced a rebellion within their own ... told colleagues that she had at least four Republicans who would vote against the rule, according to a person familiar ...

Several Republican lawmakers foiled an effort by Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday to kill a bipartisan measure to allow temporary proxy voting for new parents in Congress.